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Excessive Reality — a Film

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The opening shots are of the inside of a Job Centre (JC) … The interior is heavily stylized. Very luxurious. The predominant colour is orange. Long billowing curtains and large bold initials: JC. The opening shot is of young people in various forms of youth subculture standing around in groups. Sitting on comfortable chairs around a table are the sociologists who created them. Sitting behind the table is Michelangelo’s David, wearing 3-D glasses. The camera pans around and slowly zooms in on him. He begins to speak…

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  1. University of Warwick, UK

    Micheal Neary (Lecturer in Sociology)

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Neary, M. (1997). Excessive Reality — a Film. In: Youth, Training and the Training State. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13955-2_4

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